Movers & Shakers for Feb. 23, 2014

Sunday

Feb 23, 2014 at 12:01 AM

BodyFletcher Tilton PC recently announced that attorneys Tucker Dulong of Marlborough and Lisa M. Neeley of Holden have been named officers of the firm.Dulongís practice focuses on commercial and residential real estate transactions, including mortgage lending, conveyancing and leasing. His clients include both major and community banks, large mortgage lenders, individuals and developers. He also has experience in civil litigation. He works primarily from Fletcher Tiltonís Framingham office.Dulong is a member of the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/MetroWest, and the Framingham Rotary Club.Dulong is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in economics, and earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School.Neeley focuses her practice on a variety of elder law, estate and special needs planning matters. Her clients include individuals and families. She works primarily in Fletcher Tiltonís Worcester office.Fletcher Tilton is a full-service law firm with more than 38 practice areas and more than 40 attorneys. It has offices in Worcester, Framingham and Cape Cod.***Sarah E. Taylor, a physician assistant (PA) who works at MetroWest Emergency Physicians Group in Framingham, is one of only 108 certified physician assistants nationally to earn a specialty credential called a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).A Hopkinton resident, Taylor was awarded a CAQ in emergency medicine, a distinction earned by meeting licensure, education and experience requirements and then passing an exam in the specialty. She is one of only 30 certified PAs in Massachusetts and 530 certified PAs nationally to earn a CAQ since the programís inception in 2011.CAQs were offered to certified PAs in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, emergency medicine, orthopedic surgery, nephrology and psychiatry. This year, NCCPA will add hospital medicine and pediatrics to the CAQ program.Certified PAs are licensed and certified health care professionals who practice medicine with physician supervision and bring a breadth of knowledge and skills to patient care, according to NCCPA.Though their role in any particular workplace is determined in consultation with the supervising physician, certified PAs can take histories, conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventative health care, assist in surgery, perform a variety of procedures and write prescriptions.NCCPA is based in Johns Creek, Ga.***Rodman & Rodman, P.C., an independent accounting and tax firm, has appointed Katherine Bautze of Sudbury as office manager at its main office in Newton.Bautze brings more than 20 years of administrative, bookkeeping and managerial experience to Rodman & Rodman. For the past 11 years, she served as director of administration, bookkeeping and human resources at Levi + Wong Design Associates of Concord.Bautze holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams. She serves as a board member and the director of publicity for the Friends of the Goodnow Library in Sudbury.Rodman & Rodman offices are in Braintree and Newton.